Improvement in churns



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Letters Patent No. 94,645, dated September 7, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o: the same.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. Rnssnnn, of Ramshurg, in the county of Bedford, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, Vand exact description thereof, referencev being hadV to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and general arrangement of a box-churn. as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view, the cover being removed, and

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section.

' A represents a box, of suitable dimensions, having a cover, B, which is let into the box, as seen in tig. 2, so as -to 'close the box perfectly. The cover B is provided with a tube, C, to allow the air to escape, and also, on its upper side, with cleats, I) D, by -whiclrit can be easily removed from the box.

At a suitable height, above the bottom of the box A, are placed two Octagon rollers, E E', the journals of lwhich have their bearings in the ends of the box. One of the journals of the roller E is provided with, or connected to a crank F, which passes through the side of the box, and is surrounded by a rubber washer, a, that presses against the outer side of the box, thus preventing any leakage through the eye of the crank.

The washer a, is held in its place by a nut, b, for which purpose the crank is provided with screw-threads at the point where it passes through the end of the box.

Within the roller E is placed a nut or tap, into which the end of the crank F is screwed, as seen in dotted lines in g. l. One end of the box A is provided with vertical grooves, in which the journals of the rollers or reels E E are placed, the other journals being placed in holes or circular recesses in the other end of the box, so that the said reels may be readily removed and pnt in at pleasure.

The reel E is held down in a horizontal position,by the crank F being screwed into the same, as above mentioned, while the reel E"is held down by a slide,`

All the parts of this churn are made of wood, ex-

cept the crank and its fastenings, these, however, not being exposed to the cream, thus making a very cheap and durable churn.

The rcel Ef is to be removed to allow lthe other room to gather the butter, when it is broken.

I am aware that the several devices herein shown and described, when taken separately, are, of themselves, not new. l

Having thusA fully described my invention,

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the box A, cover B, tube O, cleats D l), reels E E', crank F, slide G, perforated fansv H H, and lingers I I, all constructed, `arranged, and combined to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 29th day of May, 1869.

' JOHN L. RESSLER.

Vitnesses:

H. W. Rnssnnn, J ons H. Mownn. 

